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Drugs

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of drug users successfully completed drug treatment in 2004–05. [26660]

Caroline Flint: I have been asked to reply.

Overall, 75 per cent. (120,700) individuals either successfully completed treatment in 2004–05 or were retained in treatment on 31 March 2004.

53 per cent. of clients who were discharged remained in treatment for 12 weeks or more in 2004–05.

The Government is on track to achieve the public service agreement target to

increase the participation of problem drug users in drug treatment programmes by 100 per cent. by 2008 and increase year on year the proportion of users successfully sustaining or completing treatment programmes".

Mr. Hayes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the (a) quantity and (b) street value of drugs sold in England and Wales in 2005, broken down by type of drug; and if he will make a statement. [23178]

Paul Goggins: The latest estimates of the size of the market for illicit drugs were published by the Home Office in 2001 and refer to 1998. The following table sets out the study's estimate of the quantity and street value of the market for amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, crack, heroin and ecstasy. Full details of this study (Occasional Paper 74) are available to download at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/drugs1.html
 
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Drug	Quantity	Value (£ million)
Amphetamines (kg)	25,772	257.7
Cannabis (kg)	486,224	1,577.9
Cocaine (kg)	4,582	352.8
Crack (kg)	18,714	1,817.4
Heroin (kg)	31,257	2,31 3
Ecstasy (tablets)	26,786	294.6

Public Order

Mrs. May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions for (i) being drunk and disorderly, (ii) being found drunk on a highway, public place or on licensed premises and (iii) being drunk in or when entering a designated sports event there have been in each police force area in England and Wales, in each year since 1996. [18194]

 
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Hazel Blears: The information requested on arrests is not collected centrally.

Tables 1–3 show the number of prosecutions for (i) being drunk and disorderly, (ii) being found drunk on a highway, public place or on licensed premises and (iii) being drunk in or when entering a designated sports event in each police force area in England and Wales, 1996–2003. Prosecution figures for 2004 will be available at the end of November.

Since April 2004 police in England and Wales have had the power to deal with the first two offences in question by issuing a penalty notice for disorder. Table 4 gives figures for the number of penalty notices issued for being drunk and disorderly and being found drunk on a highway in 2004 by each police force, alongside provisional figures for January to June 2005. issued for being drunk and disorderly and being found drunk on a highway in 2004 by each police force, alongside provisional figures for January to June 2005.
Table 1: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for selected offences related to drunkennessEngland and Wales, 1996–2003⁽⁴⁵⁾

Police force area	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Offence: Being found drunk in a highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on licensed premises
Statute: Licensing Act 1872 s.12
Avon and Somerset	41	61	63	92	83	72	84	84
Bedfordshire	22	53	153	94	52	31	20	47
Cambridgeshire	12	36	31	37	44	51	51	71
Cheshire	65	69	63	48	34	18	23	24
Cleveland	7	4	13	.	2	3	2	3
Cumbria	18	38	36	22	13	17	15	8
Derbyshire	18	38	42	46	64	60	52	40
Devon and Cornwall	223	284	300	331	249	215	228	185
Dorset	14	12	14	18	28	12	12	15
Durham	8	23	39	38	22	45	20	6
Essex	110	227	209	169	137	114	52	12
Gloucestershire	24	53	90	56	34	35	34	20
Greater Manchester	7	7	14	9	3	8	4	10
Hampshire	235	346	481	346	232	164	127	71
Hertfordshire	30	20	47	65	42	31	18	18
Humberside	5	11	12	14	6	3	4	5
Kent	98	155	145	145	148	142	154	153
Lancashire	150	213	213	188	248	182	177	69
Leicestershire	—	—	1	6	4	—	2	—
Lincolnshire	13	34	49	26	25	11	15	10
London(46)	170	258	287	245	166	305	185	141
Merseyside	47	44	46	38	34	39	29	18
Norfolk	55	65	65	68	67	58	57	72
North Yorkshire	40	81	94	85	133	136	143	120
Northamptonshire	6	6	6	6	7	1	9	3
Northumbria	9	21	28	41	23	10	12	9
Nottinghamshire	7	1	8	6	3	10	9	12
South Yorkshire	36	18	12	21	32	13	8	5
Staffordshire	84	81	70	41	12	17	15	34
Suffolk	80	108	81	97	72	51	61	57
Surrey	44	91	97	108	119	120	81	86
Sussex	232	226	226	130	81	129	102	88
Thames Valley	230	214	246	207	173	144	123	127
Warwickshire	7	8	98	17	9	7	7	6
West Mercia	30	97	64	73	19	22	9	4
West Midlands	27	61	51	29	19	11	7	22
West Yorkshire	29	46	103	67	70	26	34	90
Wiltshire	51	68	73	65	48	59	52	48
Dyfed-Powys	80	92	152	134	138	77	72	78
Gwent	28	21	25	21	25	38	50	25
North Wales	19	17	13	14	7	3	9	7
South Wales	64	113	241	250	251	228	206	218
England and Wales	2,475	3,421	4,101	3,513	2,978	2,718	2,374	2,121

 
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Table 2: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for selected offences related todrunkenness—England and Wales, 1996–2003⁽⁴⁵⁾

Police force area	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Offence: Drunk in, or when entering, a designated sports event
Statute: Sporting Events (Control of Alcohol etc) Act 1985 s.2(2)
Avon and Somerset	7	6	23	6	5	3	3	9
Bedfordshire	2	15	5	11	9	4	2	2
Cambridgeshire	4	9	6	5	5	8	4	2
Cheshire	10	4	3	2	3	1	2	5
Cleveland	10	9	7	26	4	15	26	14
Cumbria	3	4	1	—	—	—	2	1
Derbyshire	4	2	5	—	5	3	11	4
Devon and Cornwall	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2
Dorset	3	6	13	3	11	12	8	3
Durham	2	—	—	1	1	3	—	—
Essex	—	1	—	—	1	—	—	—
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	3	7	6	7	1
Greater Manchester	10	9	28	9	13	7	13	11
Hampshire	38	41	15	8	16	16	9	19
Hertfordshire	—	—	1	1	—	2	1	—
Humberside	4	—	—	5	3	5	1	2
Kent	3	2	1	10	3	3	—	—
Lancashire	54	61	33	24	26	26	23	16
Leicestershire	—	—	2	2	3	—	—	4
Lincolnshire	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	1
London(46)	136	198	191	115	73	37	61	72
Merseyside	5	3	9	13	10	9	8	7
Norfolk	39	12	14	7	1	11	10	7
North Yorkshire	15	6	2	3	15	13	4	3
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1
Northumbria	53	102	43	26	20	44	42	44
Nottinghamshire	23	40	34	42	19	26	20	13
South Yorkshire	57	48	20	27	23	41	31	17
Staffordshire	4	3	1	—	—	—	5	2
Suffolk	5	5	5	3	2	7	5	6
Surrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sussex	—	1	—	1	3	—	—	—
Thames Valley	15	15	21	6	3	9	3	2
Warwickshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
West Mercia	4	2	—	1	2	1	—	1
West Midlands	126	59	52	25	15	55	85	72
West Yorkshire	20	32	33	30	53	68	47	25
Wiltshire	11	12	22	2	18	11	1	1
Dyfed-Powys	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Gwent	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
North Wales	3	2	3	7	5	—	2	4
South Wales	3	2	6	3	2	5	—	3
England and Wales	675	713	601	430	381	452	439	376

Table 3: Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for selected offences related to drunkenness—England and Wales, 1996–2003⁽⁴⁵⁾

Police force area	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Offence: Being guilty while drunk of disorderly behaviour
Statute: Criminal Justice Act 1967 s.91
Avon and Somerset	272	361	374	383	363	399	408	427
Bedfordshire	127	166	314	220	186	187	197	219
Cambridgeshire	55	122	144	159	148	151	154	189
Cheshire	652	586	714	652	590	563	648	652
Cleveland	521	774	707	708	684	621	630	715
Cumbria	680	808	812	802	521	558	514	525
Derbyshire	193	294	286	231	254	292	357	425
Devon and Cornwall	626	888	771	709	704	817	895	672
Dorset	247	272	390	343	406	469	551	520
Durham	396	406	504	491	538	563	541	603
Essex	281	515	490	553	584	513	409	194
Gloucestershire	113	147	200	153	158	164	180	201
Greater Manchester	1,481	1,415	1,307	1,206	1,215	1,067	1,005	965
Hampshire	1,093	1,270	1,393	1,306	1,133	1,072	1,117	977
Hertfordshire	228	296	337	388	381	406	508	449
Humberside	205	250	225	255	234	247	213	213
Kent	499	560	720	865	900	911	928	1,107
Lancashire	1,231	1,618	1,673	1,827	2,165	2,366	2,210	2,180
Leicestershire	17	27	27	37	24	26	26	19
Lincolnshire	181	478	624	584	458	506	528	556
London(46)	1,180	1,475	1,581	1,494	1,262	1,538	2,517	2,536
Merseyside	2,267	2,967	2,940	2,151	1,979	1,926	2,118	2,039
Norfolk	102	108	114	115	131	146	151	183
North Yorkshire	297	342	382	411	459	482	452	512
Northamptonshire	11	26	24	21	29	33	29	25
Northumbria	2,401	3,122	3,567	3,548	3,859	3,516	3,587	3,944
Nottinghamshire	581	563	570	526	482	529	507	501
South Yorkshire	1,367	1,186	968	1,148	1,264	1,248	1,271	1,497
Staffordshire	343	320	305	247	330	215	251	343
Suffolk	202	269	212	213	228	267	333	357
Surrey	165	208	208	280	412	473	477	439
Sussex	487	522	512	398	512	631	733	801
Thames Valley	1,123	1,086	1,305	1,161	979	997	979	1,090
Warwickshire	227	309	666	286	228	195	125	162
West Mercia	397	654	574	561	488	543	455	413
West Midlands	712	1,102	846	522	472	437	463	307
West Yorkshire	2,439	2,655	2,764	3,097	2,809	2,101	2,071	2,260
Wiltshire	396	370	426	267	275	262	284	426
Dyfed-Powys	181	200	198	153	145	162	173	223
Gwent	804	748	532	420	360	308	273	207
North Wales	1,090	824	1,006	949	799	839	669	545
South Wales	1,514	1,582	1,583	1,212	1,162	998	802	725
England and Wales	27,384	31,891	33,295	31,052	30,310	29,744	30,739	31,343

⁽⁴⁵⁾ These data are on the principal offence basis.
⁽⁴⁶⁾ Includes Metropolitan police and City of London.
Source:
RDS—Office for criminal Justice reform.





 
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Table 4: Number of penalty notices for disorder issued for 'drunk and disorderly' behaviour and being 'drunk on a highway' by police force area, England and Wales, 2004 and January to June 2005⁽⁴⁷⁾

	Drunk and disorderly		Drunk on a highway
Police force area	2004	2005(47)	2004	2005(47)
Offence: Being guilty while drunk of disorderly behaviour
Statute: Criminal Justice Act 1967 s.91
Offence: Being found drunk in a highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on licensed premises
Statute: Licensing Act 1872 s.12
Avon and Somerset	176	145	22	64
Bedfordshire	144	131	13	34
Cambridgeshire	189	123	34	41
Cheshire	409	133	13	10
Cleveland	368	388	2	—
Cumbria	403	339	7	13
Derbyshire	372	243	9	6
Devon and Cornwall	988	658	158	110
Dorset	82	47	2	2
Durham	441	355	17	16
Essex	714	241	24	31
Gloucestershire	282	195	10	12
Greater Manchester	333	398	31	60
Hampshire	1,074	474	73	48
Hertfordshire	208	133	9	10
Humberside	604	330	1	3
Kent	498	670	45	62
Lancashire	2,869	2,128	79	76
Leicestershire	67	38	6	4
Lincolnshire	174	30	7	3
London, City of	32	13	3	6
Merseyside	2,728	1,794	20	33
Metropolitan	4,081	1,422	1,159	610
Norfolk	79	50	34	37
North Yorkshire	373	333	106	74
Northamptonshire	246	282	12	21
Northumbria	126	516	3	7
Nottinghamshire	477	305	8	8
South Yorkshire	1,590	1,049	10	4
Staffordshire	452	209	52	46
Suffolk	267	169	35	18
Surrey	80	130	25	70
Sussex	1,029	662	65	80
Thames Valley	396	122	7	44
Warwickshire	250	75	8	3
West Mercia	141	133	10	16
West Midlands	1,580	627	100	54
West Yorkshire	923	635	105	68
Wiltshire	346	153	63	46
Dyfed-Powys	183	148	37	73
Gwent	127	84	22	6
North Wales	639	452	14	21
South Wales	69	92	37	26
England and Wales	26,609	16,654	2,497	1,976

⁽⁴⁷⁾ January/June 2005 provisional data
Source:
RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform, Home office.





 
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